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We have included many staples of the classroom, as well as web links to answer many of your questions and provide you with input. Please use this resource to your advantage to help you understand the fundamentals of your child's daily life at school and educational expectations. It is important for us to work as a team so that your child can learn to the best of their ability.

Picadome's Guidelines for Success	Homework	Accelerated Reader Points	PAWS Sign to print	2006-2007 Supply List
Special Classes (PDF)	Wish List	Meet the Teachers	2006-2007 Curriculum Night Power Point Presentation	10 Ways for Parents to Help Teachers
Why Multi-Age Classrooms?	All About Multiage Education	How much sleep does your child need?	Reading Rockets Parent Tips	Is My Child Reading Books at the Appropriate Level? Use this Online Calculator to Find Out!
The 10 Best Ways to Help your First Grader Succeed!	The 10 Best Ways to Help your Second Grader Succeed!	10 Ways to Help your Child with Handwriting	Writing, Spelling, and Grammar Article (PDF)	How Can Something as Simple as Reading to a Child Be So Effective?
Understanding Developmental Levels	Why Read 20 Minutes a Night?	Why we have D.E.A.R. time (Drop Everything and Read)	Grow-A-Reader Book List	A Guide to the Best Children's Stories
101 Best Books for Kids (pdf) (You will need Adobe Acrobat to view this file. Get Adobe here)	Great Books to Read	Storybook Links	Raising Ready Readers	Help your child with spelling at Everydayspelling.com
Dolch Word Lists	Dolch Sight Words	Children's Literature Page (Great Resource for different types of literature we utilize in class)	Article on Questioning Skills for Parents (pdf)	What is Guided Reading?
Phonics and Word Study Activities to complete with your child	Levels of Phonemic Awareness Reference Page	What are Literature Circles?	Letter to Parents about spelling	Help your child write well
Common Spelling questions answered	How to Improve your Child's Thinking Skills	Great article on invented spelling	Why we promote phonetic (invented) spelling in our classes	Spelling Development
Yes we do teach spelling!
"School-Home Links"	Parent Involvement in School	10 Ways to Help your child do well in school	Help with Homework Hassles
	Put Reading First	U.S. Department of Education

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This website contains links to outside sites which are educational or child-oriented, but not on a FCPS school server. The links here have been scrutinized for their grade and age appropriateness; however, contents of links on the World Wide Web change continuously. It is advisable that parents and teachers review all links before introducing to students.